2 Kings 17:19

¹⁷ They sacrificed their sons and daughters in the fire and practiced divination and soothsaying. They devoted themselves to doing evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger.

¹⁸ So the LORD was very angry with Israel, and He removed them from His presence. Only the tribe of Judah remained,

and even Judah did not keep the commandments of the LORD their God, but lived according to the customs Israel had introduced.

²⁰ So the LORD rejected all the descendants of Israel. He afflicted them and delivered them into the hands of plunderers, until He had banished them from His presence.

²¹ When the LORD had torn Israel away from the house of David, they made Jeroboam son of Nebat king, and Jeroboam led Israel away from following the LORD and caused them to commit a great sin.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: and even Judah did not keep the commandments of the LORD their God, but lived according to the customs Israel had introduced.
KJV: Also Judah kept not the commandments of the LORD their God, but walked in the statutes of Israel which they made.
WEB: Also Judah didn’t keep the commandments of the LORD their God, but walked in the statutes of Israel which they made.
ASV: Also Judah kept not the commandments of Jehovah their God, but walked in the statutes of Israel which they made.
DARBY: Also Judah kept not the commandments of Jehovah their God, but walked in the statutes of Israel which they had made.
BLB: Even Judah did not keep the commandments of YHWH their God, and they walked in the statutes of Israel that they made.

ÅB: Heller ikke Juda holdt Herrens, sin Guds bud, men de vandret i de skikker som Israel hadde innført.
OTB: Også Juda holdt ikke Herrens, deres Guds, bud, men de fulgte de skikkene som Israel hadde innført.
B1930: Heller ikke Juda holdt Herrens, sin Guds bud, men de vandret i de skikker som Israel hadde innført.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

2 Kings 16:3
Instead, he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel and even sacrificed his son in the fire, according to the abominations of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.
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1 Kings 14:22–23
And Judah did evil in the sight of the LORD, and by the sins they committed they provoked Him to jealous anger more than all their fathers had done.
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2 Chronicles 21:11
Jehoram had also built high places on the hills of Judah; he had caused the people of Jerusalem to prostitute themselves and had led Judah astray.
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Jeremiah 3:8–11
She saw that because faithless Israel had committed adultery, I gave her a certificate of divorce and sent her away. Yet that unfaithful sister Judah had no fear and prostituted herself as well.
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Ezekiel 16:51–52
Furthermore, Samaria did not commit half the sins you did. You have multiplied your abominations beyond theirs, and all the abominations you have committed have made your sisters appear righteous.
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2 Chronicles 21:13
but you have walked in the ways of the kings of Israel and have caused Judah and the people of Jerusalem to prostitute themselves, just as the house of Ahab prostituted itself. You have also killed your brothers, your father’s family, who were better than you.
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Ezekiel 23:4–13
The older was named Oholah, and her sister was named Oholibah. They became Mine and gave birth to sons and daughters. As for their identities, Oholah is Samaria, and Oholibah is Jerusalem.
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Jeremiah 2:28
But where are the gods you made for yourselves? Let them rise up in your time of trouble and save you if they can; for your gods are as numerous as your cities, O Judah.
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